The past tenses of the Mongolian verb : meaning and use / / by Robert I. Binnick.
In the Modern Mongolian language there are four verb forms which have traditionally been labelled as past tense markers, differing primarily in aspect. In the last two decades scholars have suspected that the past tenses endings may actually differ by marking evidentiality and inferentiality. The pr...
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| Superior document: | Empirical approaches to linguistic theory, v. 1 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Empirical approaches to linguistic theory ;
v. 1. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (258 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Summary: | In the Modern Mongolian language there are four verb forms which have traditionally been labelled as past tense markers, differing primarily in aspect. In the last two decades scholars have suspected that the past tenses endings may actually differ by marking evidentiality and inferentiality. The present study not only confirms this, but, using 350 glossed and analyzed examples drawn from a variety of sources, shows distinctions of degrees of remoteness as well, and details significant differences between the spoken and written languages. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1283356740 9786613356741 9004216146 |
| ISSN: | 2210-6243 ; |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | by Robert I. Binnick. |